Ports of Call Deluxe 2008

Stephen Wilson · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject: Ports of Call Deluxe 2008

I saw this over at Amazon.de ,what's the story on this one?

I notice it is to be completely in 3D rather than the current setup in XXL.

Will the game make the scheduled 10th Dec release date? And will the 3d sim sequences feature the real world locales of POCXXL or the more simple harbours of the classic game?

rdklein · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:38 am Post subject:

yes its complete in 3d,
its a sequel of the classic edition in 3d,so you have freight ships only (instead of the xxl line with tanker and liners),

the harbours are the same as with sim3dII and xxl (its compatible so you can xchange data also), with some improvements we work on.

we will have 15 new ships sorted to low cost preowned and hightech. YOu can also use those ships in pocsim3dii.

we currently work hard on the schedule some delays might be possible (we dont hope of course).

You will soon also get an update on the pocsim3dII but this will remain splitted with pocxxl which allows us having more technical features like multiple freights - an update will also help so posim3dii is no longer restarted all the time.

Stephen Wilson · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

That sounds great, will the initial release be German language only or include English?

Thanks

rdklein · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

The initial wil be in german, but as I have the master in english an english version follows quickly (we hope AStragon finds distributors soon for the other countries...)

Raider · PoC Visitor Unlicensed Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

Sorry wenn ich da nicht auf Englisch weiterfragen kann, aber dafür reichts bei mir leider nicht ganz aus.

Also hab ich das richtig verstanden, dass die Deluxe Version die von Astragon in den Handel kommt sozusagen nur auf der Classic basiert?
Was sind denn die Unterschiede zu der hier erhaeltlichen XXL?
Wo hab ich denn an sich dann die Vorteile? Irgendwelche Features die in der Deluxe sind, aber nicht in der XXL?

Der Release hat sich ja ein wenig verzögert ^^
Also womit wär ich dann schlussendlich besser dran? Mit der XXL oder mit dem Deluxe Packet?

Danke schonmal für die Antwort Wink

rdklein · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:

die die Delux version ist eine komplett in 3d umgesetzte klassische version von Ports Of Call, also ausschliesslich Containerschiffe, aber dafuer alles in 3D, KARA, Buero, Captains wall und Events. Sie haben dann 15 Schiffe (die kann man auch fuer pocxxl - pocsim3dii verwenden). pocxxl und pocsim3dii sind die updatefaehigen versionen, hier werden wir das spiel immer weiterentwickeln aber pocxxl wird in 2d bleiben, damit ist es moeglich eine kompelxere wirtschaftssimualtion durchzuführen.
Füpr den einsteiger in PCO ist die Deluxversion sicher super geeignet, denn vieles ist vereinfacht (also wie bei der DOS version), nur eine fracht, einfacheres handling usw. bei pocxxl hat man mehr moeglichkeiten was die wirtschaft angeht. pocsim3dii wird auch weiterentwickelt, so dass die kopplung zwischen pocxxl und sim3dii einfacher wird (derzeit startet pocsim3dii noch jedesmal neu wird in kuerze besser),
die delux version ist aber auch fuer uns hilfreich, den der ertrag wird ja auch wieder in die entwicklung von poc generell gesteckt und hilft uns weiter,
also am besten BEIDES kaufen.

wir sind im endtest von poc2008, in kürze folgt die auslieferung,
danach wird es auch ein paar updates von pocxxl und sim3dii geben.

rdklein · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

I placed some demo trailers of the nwe poc 2008 deluxe edition, on the live stream,
also on www.gamestrailer.com they will be visible shortly.

we just finished the german edition first (distributed through astragon as boxed version), dealsers are welcome to contact Astragon for international distrbution.

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you can use the new ships of pco 2008 deluxe edition also for pocsim3dii - I will also make some changes and updates for pocsi3dii soon to have new features available there also and new harbour features.

jslegers · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Will this version be free for existing Platinum Users ?

John

rdklein · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject:

sorry, no as this is a special development for Astragon its not planned,
like with the Classic Edition the Deluxe Edition is a standalone boxed version. This also helps us funding the development of the more professional pocxxl+pocsim3dii versions

But you can also use the additional ships and more detailed harbours as addon for pocsim3dii,

Pocsim3DII (e.g. Platinum) will also be further developed in a seperate thread of course.

Stephen Wilson · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:48 am Post subject:

I see that the website for 2008 deluxe has now gone live over at http://www.portsofcall-game.de/

rdklein · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:

yes did get quite nice I think,

I also added a familiy tree in this forum to keep overview on all that

rdklein · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:35 am Post subject:

You can watch some videos on poc2008 also in HD which I placed on
www.gametrailers.com

use the keywords "Ports Of Call"

Christian Todt · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:19 am Post subject:

nice trailers.
will the poc sim 3d2 harbors become such detailed too?
sydney looks very fine! Smile

CT
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rdklein · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:27 am Post subject:

The game data files are compatible.

Currently I hope you get a deluxe version and also use it as addon for pocsim3dII !

we also plan some addons for both -- as we need fundings we planed to offer some addon packages.
The high detailed harbours are very time consuming and need some extra 3d manpower -- so if you like this kind of detail I will be pleased to offer more harbours (and also the ships of coruse) like this.

Christian Todt · Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:44 am Post subject:

ok, if the data i compatible it's no problem,
'cause i of course plan to buy a version of poc 2008 deluxe.
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